During a massive attack on the night of Friday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have managed to neutralize or destroy 114 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the Armed Forces announced on Friday.

During the prolonged bombardment, military officials (Ministry of Defense, Ukraine) reported that there were 149 drones fired from Russia.

The swarm comprised 108 Shahed-type UAVs equipped with rockets, as well as decoy drones called Gerbera and “Parody”, which are intended to overload local defense means. Defending units shot down 77 of the targeted Shahed drones.

Military intelligence acknowledged that the air attacks were triggered from different key points. This comprised Orel in Russian-controlled territory as well as Donetsk, and Hvardiyiske in the occupied Crimea.

At 09:30 of the local time, experts of the Government of Ukraine found direct strikes at 24 sites, and intercepted drone debris at 14 sites.

The Office of the President of Ukraine stated that Ukraine used a multi-layered defence approach to counter this huge air threat. Aviation forces, AA missile forces, EW units, anti-aircraft unmanned forces and mobile fire groups that were very agile and covered the entire area were used to successfully repel the complex attack.